120 THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Question. — How did you feed her ? 



Answer. — She was fed gluten, corn meal, bran and about a 

 pound and a half of oil meal a day, except in summer when 

 she came to grass, and then for about two or three months 

 she was fed daily about four pounds of bran with her grass 

 every day. That cow has brought me a heifer. Her grand- 

 mother was a wonderful cow giving 600 pounds of butter a 

 year. Now can I afford to take this grand-daughter and 

 breed in a little Holstein to make quantity, and a little Dur- 

 ham to make flesh ? Oh, no. I can't afford to do it, but I 

 have taken advantage of the tendency of nature to repeat it- 

 self in a straight line by inbreeding and I must not impair 

 that power. 



I said some time back that I would confine myself to two 

 things. Constitution was the first, the uddershape the sec- 

 ond. In selecting your sire pay especial attention to the plac- 

 ing of the rudimentary teats. They should be wide apart 

 lengthways of the body, that makes a square udder, and they 

 should be of good size. If the teats of the sire are placed 

 close together and in a heap, that makes a peaked udder that 

 you don't want. Pay attention to this and you have done 

 something for yourself in the resulting heifer. 



You will find any number of men who will purchase a bull by 

 the outside look of him, they tell you they can't tell why but 

 he suits them. It will pay to look into him a little more. 



The dairy farmer must read more and study more on this 

 matter of producing a profitable dairy cow. 



